Association of Future
Science Educators2006-2007 Academic Year
ActivitiesAFSE is sponsored
in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DUE-0501326)

September
19, 2006 Science Activities Round-Robin More than 60 students
joined in for an evening of hands-on activities led by CSULB Teaching Associates
from Young Scientists Camp. In addition to leading peers through
activities the Teaching Associates also shared their experiences working
at the camp. Applications will be available in November for summer
2007. Meaghan Hurst &
Michelle Zentgraf were TAs for the light, color & sound group. They
shared lessons and activities with magnifiers, pinhole cameras and lenses. Joyce Andrew &
Mary Neimeyer had the group building stomp rockets and clinometers (devices
used to measure the altitude a rocket reaches). This was a nice integration
of science and math. Kim Watten & Jill
Grace led students through a forensics activity that used chromatography
to solve a mystery. Students then learned about how to create "Wanted Posters"
- a nice integration of reading/writing and science. Our presenters did
a great job and everyone seemed to enjoy what they learned.

October
12, 2006 Physics Activities for the Upper Elementary/Middle School Classroom 50+ students spent
the evening learning about Newton's Laws. We discussed associated misconceptions,
saw demonstrations and did activities to help teach the topic. Students
made balloon rockets and twirly pencils, tried out a few demonstrations
and threw some eggs!Click
here for the evening's handouts.

November
6, 2006 Integration Made Elementary: Connecting Life Sciences and Language
Arts/ELD Approximately 60 students joined
Drs. Straits and Gomez-Zwiep for an evening of language arts & science.
They shared reading and writing techniques that will help students with
literacy skills AND science skills. Students learned how to use fiction
and non-fiction to teach K-12 kids science.

December
6, 2006 The Job Search! Finding, applying and interviewing for teaching
jobs.A panel of principals,
HR staff, department chairs and our own Education Career Placement Director
shared their insights on the job market and getting hired. Be sure to visit
the Education Career Placement Office & website
for information on job fairs. CSULB will host an education job fair on
April 20th. Visit the website for registration forms and additional information.

February
14, 2007 Assessment 101! Dr. Henriques did a presentation on
the basics of assessment, item writing and testing. We discussed what makes
for good test items and how to use the information from tests to help us
be better teachers.

March
15, 2007 An Evening of NASA Educational Activities NASA Educators
Art Hammon and Carlo Cayetano shared posters, curriculum and led a group
of 70 students through various activities related to astronomy and space.
The Messages from Space curriculm was highlighted and given to each participant.
Download this
and other NASA educational materials!